Dr. Brown Presents Personal Check for Haiti Relief
On March 8th, Bermuda hosted a telethon to assist earthquake ravaged Haiti entitled “To Haiti with Love”, during which the Premier pledged to match the donations of civil servants.
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown and his wife Wanda Henton-Brown, generously matched the $6,000 donations made by civil servants, with Dr. Brown calling into the telethon from the House of Assembly. Politics aside, one must admire this personal gesture of support for the people of Haiti.
Today, the Premier presented the check to Major Kenneth Dill, Head of the Civil Service and Chairman of the “To Haiti With Love” organising committee.
Premier Brown said:
My wife and I watched the telethon that evening and were genuinely touched by the outpouring from the public. Bermudians truly showed that they are a giving people and Wanda and I wanted very much to participate in this worthwhile cause.
The Civil Service rose to the occasion in donating $6,000 to Haiti, and we thought it only fitting that we match that donation.
The telethon raised $82,372.00 by the end, and went on to raise over $100,000 to date. Much of the money raised was from very impressive efforts from Bermuda’s school students who held school grub days, bake sales, car washed, gave up birthday parties and more.
Performers Included
- African Dance & Drumming Group
- Berkeley Institute Choir performed “Lean on Me”
- Bermuda Institute Steel Band played two songs
- Bobby Washington sang “Love is For Real”
- Christopher Darrell played the violin
- Dilton Lightbourne played the saw
- Gavin Smith sang “Crisis”, which he wrote for specifically for the telethon
- Joy Barnum and Band sang
- Larrita Adderly sang
- Lauralee and Jay sang “Prayer”
- Marita Andre sang
- Marsden Praise Team sang
- Mount Zion Male Voices Choir performed two songs
- Native Dance Group performed a blanket dance
- Ras Mykal performed a spoken word piece
- Ronald Lightbourne sang and accompanied himself on the piano
- Sabor School of Dance
- Seabreeze Salsa danced
- Sia Spence sang
- St. Georges Prep Choir
- The Unit performed “Sing a Song of Songs”
- Tony Barry performed “What a Wonderful World”
